Women's Soccer

The Clackamas Community College women's soccer team is in its 15th season as a program and have achieved unrivaled success in that span. Since the program's inception in 2002, the Lady Cougars have accumulated a record of 169-24- 42 (W-L-T), made four Northwest Athletics Conference Championship appearances winning three league titles, 8 final four appearances, 8 Southern Region Championships, produced 56 NWAC all-stars, 7 Southern Region MVP's, 3 NWAC tournament MVP's, 3 NWAC Coach of the Year awards, 5 Southern Region Coach of the Year awards, 25 players named to the NWAC Sophomore All Academic team, 1 Thriftway Scholar Athlete and 4 NWAC Academic Leadership awards.

The Cougars have made a playoff berth in 12 of the past 14 years of the program's existence and have continued to promote players to the next level. The Cougars also excel in the classroom. Over the past 14 seasons, 30 Cougars were named to the NWAC All-Academic Team (an honor bestowed to qualified sophomores). The program promotes excellence in the classroom by having mandatory study hall with tutors as well as being one of a few NWAC schools to have a dedicated academic advisor (PJ Martineau) who sets up educational plans for each student-athlete and tracks their development throughout each term at CCC.

The program also promotes involvement in the community with volunteer work. The Cougars are involved with Top Soccer, which teaches children with disabilities how to play soccer. The players also have participated in an ASL walkathon, community soccer clinics and camps, the Susan G. Koman for the Cure Walk as well as fundraising throughout the community.

If you’re interested in playing Cougar soccer, contact Coach Janine Szpara at 503-594- 3278 or janines@clackamas.edu.

Soccer Coaching Staff

Janine Szpara

Having started in 2011, Coach Szpara comes to Clackamas with a long resume of playing and coaching experience at the highest levels and looks to continue the Cougars' rich tradition of excellence on and off the pitch.

She was a four-time NCAA Division I first team All-American goal keeper for Colorado College, where she helped lead the Tigers to the NCAA title match in 1986 against North Carolina her freshman season.

Szpara garnered multiple collegiate honors during her four years with the Tigers including 1986 NCAA tournament Most Valuable Defensive Player her freshman season and Adidas Goalkeeper of the Year during her senior campaign.

Her field accolades led to her induction into the Colorado College Hall of Fame in 1995 as a player and her 1986 team followed as an inductee in 2006. Szpara was a member of the U.S. National Team during the 1986-87 seasons and earned six caps. Her 1986 U.S. team was honored with an induction into the U.S Soccer Hall of Fame in 2007.

Following college, Szpara continued to be a member of the U.S. National pool from 1988 to1991 and saw appearances against Germany, England and Russia. She then turned pro and played professionally, earning all-star honors, in Japan with the Shiroki Serena from 1995 to 99. Following Japan, Szpara returned to the U.S. and played a season with Foothill F.C. in 2000 and with the Women's United Soccer Association's San Jose CyberRays from 2001 to 02.

Szpara's extensive coaching career extends back to 1989 where she was an assistant at both Stanford (1989-90) and Cal (1990-92). An overseas transfer to the Japanese league in 1995 as a player, also brought along duties as the team's coach. Upon her return to the U.S., Szpara had brief assistant coaching stints at Cornell University (2000), Santa Clara University (2002), San Jose State University (2003) and Warner Pacific College (2004-06) where she was the associate head coach.

From 2008 to 2010, she took on the defensive coordinator duties at Portland State University where she guided the Viking defense to a 0.67 GAA in conference play enroute to a Big Sky tournament appearance. She is currently the head coach and director of the Women's Premier Soccer League's Portland Rain and will continue those duties while coaching at Clackamas.

Szpara also has vast experience in the Olympic Development Program (ODP), Oregon Youth Soccer and club soccer. From 1989 to 1992, she was an ODP goalkeeper trainer and an assistant coach for the U14 and U19 teams. In 2007, she returned to ODP as a regional staff coach and in the spring of 2009 was an assistant coach at the U15 National Team Camp in Palo Alto.

Wilsonville Campus

Clackamas Community College does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, age, national origin/ancestry, disability, family relationship or any other protected status in accordance with applicable law. The College’s commitment to nondiscrimination applies to curriculum activity and all aspects of operation of the College.